The Archive · 1939

No Change in Ministry Of Education

Chungking, Feb. 6, Prevailing rumours of a. Iikelihood Jot change in the Ministry of Education fare absolutely unfounded, Reuter Tearis on reliable authority, The work of the Ministry of Educa-on, it is understood, which 1s under the direction of Mr. Chen Li-fu, won the unanimous praise of delegates to the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, recently held in Chungking. The "delegates applauded the manner in which "the" Ministry of Education effected the transfer of educational institutions, and the relief of teachers and students, during the hostilities.

General Wu Teh-chen, the former Governor of Kwanistung, is mentioned possibly assuming the position of Minister of the Interior.

is reliably learned that Mr. K.P. Chen managing director of the Shanghai Commercial Savings Bank, who recently visited Washington and New York to carry out negotiations for American financial aid to China, nominated for an important banking ost, One report states that Mr, Chen willie appointed Governor of the [Central Bank—Reuter.

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